Dr. Charles Miles Maliska III, MD

Expert Publications

• Esophageal reconstruction surgery in oncologic patients: determination of gastric emptying time.
• Creating arteriovenous fistulas in patients with chronic central venous obstruction.
• Mastication Steal Syndrome.
• Comparing Surgical Clerkship Performance of Medical and Physician Assistant Students.

Media Releases

Get to know Dr. Charles Miles Maliska III, who serves patients in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Dr. Maliska III is a board-certified, fellowship-trained general, trauma, and critical care surgeon who is affiliated with OU Health. Namely, he practices out of: OU Health Physicians Surgical Specialists & Schusterman Center – Surgery Procedures Clinic, Ascension St. John Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

“When you or a loved one need a surgical procedure, you want the highest level of expertise from dedicated professionals with extensive education, training and experience who also develop and use innovative techniques that help you heal as quickly as possible. That’s why you want to choose the surgery specialists at OU Health in Tulsa. You and your doctors and specialists will work with a team of surgical experts and healthcare providers from multiple disciplines, surgery specialties and subspecialties, and related services to review your particular situation and develop a personalized treatment plan to address your specific needs” as stated on their website. 

Locally, Dr. Maliska is affiliated with Ascension St. John Medical Center Tulsa and Ascension St. John Broken Arrow. He also serves as an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine-Tulsa.

An Associate Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, he is a member of the American Medical Association, the Society of Critical Care Surgeons, and the Texas Medical Association.

A former Navy physician, Dr. Maliska III has served with the United States Marine Corps, forward deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Earning his medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in 2005, he went on to further his education. He performed his residency in general surgery at the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center in 2017, and his fellowship in surgical critical care at Methodist Dallas Medical Center in 2018.

As a testament to his success, he is board-certified in general surgery and surgical critical care by the American Board of Surgery (ABS). The ABS is an independent, non-profit organization located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded for the purpose of certifying surgeons who have met a defined standard of education, training, and knowledge.

General surgery is a surgical specialty that focuses on abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, appendix and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland. A general surgeon performs a wide range of abdominal surgeries for many forms of intestinal and abdominal wall neoplasms, gallbladder disease, gastric and pancreatic disease. They follow the patient through critical care and surgical recovery all the way to outpatient care. 

Among his various accolades, Dr. Maliska III is the recipient of: University of Oklahoma College of Medicine Gold Humanism Award in Medicine; Fleet Marine Force Officer’s Warfare Pin; and Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal. He was named Surgery Intern of the Year in 2012.

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